As preschoolers, three children decided that they wanted to have a farm in the middle of their city. They get to make that dream a reality on their last day of elementary school. By chance, they end up with sheep and ducks of their very own with no place to keep them?except for an abandoned lot. Now if only they can convince city officials to let them have the lot for their farm instead of building another parking garage, everything should work out...

While Peter carefully tends a special pumpkin on his grandparents' farm, quiet Meg watches from her new home next door.

When the farmer places a scarecrow in the cornfield, Otis the tractor and the farm animals try to make friends, but the scarecrow remains silent with a sour look on his face throughout the summer and fall.

Chapito learns about the tasks of the farm by asking why Manuel weeds the corn, why Doña Ana feeds the chickens, and why Ramón milks the cows.

When a puppy gets lost while playing hide and seek on the farm, Otis the friendly little tractor must face his fear of the darkness in order to help his new friend.

Twelve-year-old Vonceil Taggart, willing to risk everything to set things right, leaves her family's Oklahoma farm in 1919 seeking the salt witch who cast a spell that turned their spring to saltwater.